Chapter 1244: The Manchus and Qing Dynasties Want to Negotiate Peace
Northeast of Youzhou, Liaozhou, Shengjing City.
After some of Temujin's measures in the Hetao were heard, Shengjing City also began to become turbulent.
As Yuan Meng once again recruited 100,000 elites to go south, recruited 200,000 new troops, and integrated slaves into an army...
Temujin's series of measures made Nurhachi of the Qing Dynasty unable to sit still.
In addition to the army of soldiers and slaves in Yuanmeng today, the strength of the regular army alone is as high as 800,000. Although there are 200,000 new soldiers among them, this is still a number that the entire Qing Dynasty is in awe of.
Yuanmeng's crazy violent troops would indeed shake the foundation of the country, but the powerful strength they unleashed really frightened Nurhaci.
The total military strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was only 500,000, of which 300,000 were fighting abroad, 100,000 were fighting against the Three Koreas, and 200,000 were fighting against Youzhou. There were only 200,000 garrison troops left in the country. All senior Manchu and Qing officials were extremely insecure.
Nurhaci did not want to shake the foundation of the country in exchange for crazy troops and a short-term surge in strength, but the threat of Yuanmeng made it impossible for the Manchus to ignore it.
The Yuanmeng troops stormed to compete with the Qin and Jin Dynasties for the Hetao. Although they did not threaten the Manchus in the short term, once Yuanmeng obtained the Hetao and had the food and grass from the Hetao to support the army, the previously shaken national foundation would be re-consolidated and the overall strength would increase. It will be even worse than in the past, and the balance on the grassland will be completely broken by then.
The Manchu and Qing dynasties were not afraid of a battle with Yuan Meng, but they had to admit that Yuan Meng's overall strength was stronger than their own. If they wanted to maintain a balance with Yuan Meng, the Manchu and Qing dynasties could only occupy Sanhan or Youzhou.
Huang Taiji attacked the territory of Sanhan, and Wanyan Aguda conquered Youzhou. Both of them achieved great results at the beginning of the war, opening up nearly a thousand miles of territory for the Qing Dynasty.
However, with Li Yuanhao joining forces with the kings of the three Koreas to keep warm, and Liu Che and Gongsun Xuanyuan joining forces to confront the Youzhou princes, the Manchu and Qing wars in Youzhou and the Three Hans reached a deadlock.
The situation on Sanhan's side is pretty good, but the situation on Youzhou's side is a little bad.
The surrender of Wu Sangui and other Han generals gave the Manchu Qing an excellent start in Youzhou, but as Gongsun Xuanyuan succeeded to the throne, Gongsun and Liu Che's alliance, and Liu Bei's initiative to help.
Under the joint efforts of Gongsun Xuanyuan, Liu Che, and Liu Bei, the three major princes, Nurhaci and Dorgon were defeated several times, lost their troops, and even retreated to Lulongsai to defend themselves. It can be said that they were struggling in Youzhou.
The defeat on the front line also made Nurhachi realize that both Youzhou and Sanhan still have extremely deep foundations, and it is impossible to occupy them in a short period of time.
Nurhachi realized that he had underestimated Sanhan and Youzhou, and at the same time overestimated the combat power of the Manchu and Qing warriors. He also realized that he had made the mistake of starting a war on two fronts.
With the current strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is still impossible to annex Sanhan and Youzhou at the same time. If it is really swallowed, it will be difficult to digest, and it will be stretched out.
Since Sanhan and Youzhou could not be captured in the short term, continuing to fight would be a waste of food, grass and troops. This gave Nurhaci the idea of negotiating a truce and then concentrate on dealing with Yuan Meng.
Nurhaci did not act arbitrarily, but after consulting a group of staff and his two sons on the front line, he finally decided to negotiate peace with Sanhan and Youzhou.
The kings of the three Koreas feared Huang Taiji like a tiger. When they heard that Huang Taiji wanted to negotiate peace, they naturally agreed with joy. The alliance Li Yuanhao had painstakingly built was easily resolved by the Manchus again.
Except for Li Yuanhao, the kings of the Three Han Dynasties are all soft-headed, but none of the princes of Youzhou are soft-headed.
After learning that the Manchus wanted to negotiate peace, Gongsun Xuanyuan did not refuse directly, but made two demands:
1. Hand over Wu Sangui and other traitors;
2. The Manchu and Qing dynasties withdrew from all the occupied Youzhou lands.
Gongsun Xuanyuan's request was very clear. He could negotiate peace, but Wu Sangui, who killed Gongsun Zan, must be handed over, and the entire Manchu and Qing army should withdraw from Youzhou and not commit any crimes again, otherwise they would continue to fight to the death.
Nurhachi originally thought that if he took the initiative to cease the war, the Han princes would happily agree. After all, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties were the most powerful party in Youzhou, and the princes of Youzhou could only rent treasures if they united. However, Gongsun Xuanyuan not only refused to agree to peace, but also proposed such a plan. Excessive demands are simply treating the Manchus as a defeated country.
Nurhachi could not agree to either of the two requests made by Gongsun Xuanyuan.
If Wu Sangui and others are handed over, will any Han people dare to defect to the Manchus in the future?
If they withdraw from Youzhou, won’t the Manchu Qing’s hard work for so long be in vain?
The reason why Nurhaci wanted to withdraw his troops was because there was no benefit to be gained from continuing to fight. Although he wanted to withdraw his troops, he also wanted to preserve the interests he had obtained. However, Gongsun Xuanyuan's extremely strong attitude gave Nurhachi a headache.
Gongsun Xuanyuan's path failed, and Nurhaci sent people to lobby Liu Che again, hoping to divide the three princes in Youzhou on the grounds that "once the Manchus withdraw from Youzhou, Gongsun Xuanyuan will be the dominant one in Youzhou" alliance.
What Nurhachi didn't expect was that Liu Che's attitude towards foreigners was tougher than Gongsun Xuanyuan's, and could even be described as discrimination.
Liu Che not only asked the Manchu Qing to agree to Xuanyuan's two conditions, but also put forward two more conditions. You foreigners are rubbish. It is your honor to cede land to me, a big man.
Nurhachi finally saw that neither Gongsun Xuanyuan nor Liu Che had any sincerity in peace talks. Although he wanted to cease the war, it was impossible for him to sign a defeat clause that would be a loss of power and humiliation to the country before he was defeated.
If the Han Dynasty does not want to negotiate peace, then the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not be afraid of war.
In this way, the Manchu and Qing war in Youzhou continued, but the offensive turned from offensive to defensive.
After the Manchu Qing took back the troops of Huang Taiji and the Three Koreans, the domestic military strength reached 300,000 elites, but there were differences on whether to send troops to Yuan Meng.
One side believes that there are only 100,000 veterans in Yuanmeng and the 200,000 recruits are vulnerable. They should take this opportunity to mobilize all the country's troops and destroy Yuanmeng in one fell swoop.
The other side believes that although the country of Yuan and Meng is empty now, there are more than 500,000 troops in the Hetao. If a war starts with Yuan and Meng at this time, the main force of Yuan and Meng will definitely return, which will only make Qin and Jin more advantageous, so they should sit down Watching the tiger fight in the mountains, after Yuan Meng and Qin Jin fought hard and both were injured, they sent out troops to fight Yuan Meng to the death.
After several days of discussion, Nurhachi finally chose to fight and watch the tiger fight.
First of all, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had to take care of the Youzhou battlefield and were unable to concentrate all their efforts on dealing with Yuanmeng.
Secondly, although Yuanmeng's country is empty, there are still 30 armies after all. Even if 200,000 of them are new soldiers, they still have the ability to protect themselves.
Finally, Nurhaci did not want to take advantage of Qin Hao.
Nurhachi seemed to have made the most correct decision, but in fact it was a big mistake. He missed the best opportunity to personally destroy Yuan Meng.
